Brüssow Surname

373,745th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 959 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Brüssow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Brüssow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany8561:94,04811,755
South Africa871:622,73246,743
Denmark101:564,47234,222
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
France11:66,422,722504,397

The alternate forms: Brussow (658) are calculated separately.

Brüssow Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Brüssow Come From? nationality or country of origin

Brüssow is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also appear as: Brussow. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Brüssow? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 373,745th most commonly occurring surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 7,599,109 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 91 percent of Brüssow reside; 90 percent reside in Western Europe and 90 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname Brüssow is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 856 people, or 1 in 94,048. In Germany it is most common in: Brandenburg, where 28 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 17 percent reside and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 16 percent reside. Excluding Germany this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 9 percent reside and Denmark, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Brussow95658/
Brissow86186/
Brossow8636/
Bruessow8054/
Brussouw8054/
Brosow7743/
Brisow774/
Brüßow773/
Brüchow7122/
Brissov7112/
Brissaw714/
Brossov712/
Broshow711/
Brussaw710/
Wrissow710/
Breussov676/
Brussova675/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Brüssow
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